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Communications Advisor
Calgary Board of Education —Calgary, AB
- $96,800–$118,100 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Project management
- Bachelor's
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First General Services Calgary —Calgary, AB
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Marketing Manager
Hanau Marketing Haus —Calgary, AB
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Director of Marketing – Content & Community
SunMETA Group —Calgary, AB
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- Microsoft Excel
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Community & Social Media Coordinator
Amaranth Foods —Calgary, AB
- $55,000–$65,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Hybrid work
- Marketing
- Social media management
- No university degree
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- Flexible schedule
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Danijel & Co. —Calgary, AB
- $50,000–$65,000 a year
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Marketing Coordinator
Network Innovations (NI) —Calgary, AB
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Marketing
- Microsoft Office
- No university degree
- Dental care
- Paid time off
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Content & Social Media Specialist
Lux Windows and Glass Ltd —Calgary, AB
- Full-time
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- High school diploma or GED
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Digital Marketing Specialist
Marble Slab Creamery Canada —Calgary, AB
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- Bachelor's
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Content Writer - Temporary
iNet Media —Calgary, AB
- $40,000–$60,000 a year
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- Hybrid work
- Social media management
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Sales Manager / Business Development (Marketing Agency)
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Communications Advisor

Calgary Board of Education -
Calgary, AB

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Job details

Full-time
$96,800–$118,100 a year
2 days ago

Qualifications

Public Relations
Class 5 Licence
Project management
Bachelor's
Risk management
Communications
Business
Communication skills
Time management

Full job description

Mission

The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) is the largest school board in western Canada with over 144,000 students and 16,000 employees. Our mission: Each student, in keeping with their individual abilities and gifts, will complete high school with a foundation of learning necessary to thrive in life, work and continued learning. We pride ourselves in the values we hold. Students come first. Learning is our central purpose. Public education serves the common good. The CBE encourages an inclusive and equitable workplace, which supports our diverse student and employee community. We encourage all applicants to join our dynamic, diverse, and collaborative culture and welcome applications from all qualified individuals.

When you apply to the CBE, you can feel good about serving our future leaders and contributing to student success.

Competition Info

Competition Close Date: Friday, July 31, 2026 at 11:59PM

Calendar: 12 Month Calendar

Salary: Exempt P1 $96,800 - $118,100

FTE: 1.0, 35 hours per week

What does this role look like?

The CBE understands the future of work is flexible. In this role, you are eligible to participate in a flexible work program that allows you to work remotely for up to three days a week. A minimum of two days must be in the office. At certain times, you maybe be required to work in the office more then 2 days per week based on operational requirements.

Additional Information

For this posting, we are seeking a Communications Advisor who has developed a strong foundation in their communications career and is looking to continue growing their expertise in a large, dynamic public sector environment. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Communications, the successful candidate will support a broad range of communications initiatives for senior leadership, internal clients and community partners.

This is a generalist communications role that contributes across multiple communications disciplines, including strategic communications planning, content development, organizational communications, digital communications, stakeholder engagement and brand implementation. The successful candidate will assist with the planning, development and implementation of communications strategies and create a wide range of communications products, including website content, newsletters, presentations, reports, videos and other communications materials.

The position will work closely with communications colleagues, subject matter experts and the CBE’s design team to communicate complex information in clear, accessible and engaging ways. The successful candidate will help advance and implement the CBE’s brand across a large and complex organization, ensuring communications and creative materials are consistent, effective and aligned with organizational standards.

The role requires strong writing, editing, relationship-building and project coordination skills, as well as excellent judgment, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will be comfortable collaborating with a variety of stakeholders, adapting to evolving priorities and balancing planned initiatives with emerging communications needs.

While Communications Advisors contribute across a broad range of communications activities, this position will have a particular focus on content development, organizational communications and the creation of engaging communications products. The successful candidate will support organizational initiatives and work collaboratively with designers to translate information, data and ideas into clear, compelling communications materials. Experience supporting brand implementation, website content management, report development, organizational communications or visual communications projects will be considered an asset.

We are looking for a communications professional who has established a solid foundation in their career and is ready for the next stage of growth. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced communications practitioners, gain exposure to a broad range of communications disciplines and progressively take on more complex projects, responsibilities and strategic communications work over time.

Position Description

Purpose

Advisors work closely with senior leadership (superintendents and directors), an elected Board of Trustees, internal clients, various levels of government, external agencies and community partners on a wide variety of high-profile communication, engagement and corporate partnership initiatives and projects that directly impact the reputation and success of the CBE.

An advisor is a highly skilled, strategic and experienced professional whose performance earns the confidence of senior leaders (service unit and school-based), other internal clients and promotes public and employee confidence in the CBE.

To succeed, an advisor must be:

A strategic thinker with the confidence to provide advice and counsel to senior leaders and clients on communication, engagement or corporate partnership issues, plans, strategies and tactics.
Able to lead highly effective initiatives that:
align with the CBE’s Education Plan, values, operational expectations, administrative regulations and operational priorities.
ensure the communication, engagement or partnership initiative aligns to best practices as well as legislated and associated requirements.

Able to contribute to reducing the organization’s exposure to risk and protect the organization’s reputation.
Able to support CBE’s labour relations strategy by planning and responding to labour action, including collective bargaining.

Accountability

To succeed, the advisor will:

Work independently, or as part of a team with senior leadership, trustees and internal clients to plan, initiate, execute, and evaluate internal and external projects that align with defined system objectives.

Independently lead complex projects with varying scopes and objectives.
Provide strategic advice and counsel to senior leaders.
Build, execute and evaluate short and long-term partnership plans in alignment with CBE’s Education Plan, system priorities and objectives.
Contribute to the development and execution of initiatives in support of collective bargaining efforts.
Develop tools and tactics in support of CBE’s labour relations strategy, specifically related to potential job labour action.

Respond rapidly to emerging issues associated with collective bargaining and labour action, enabling CBE’s labour relations strategy.
Understand the CBE’s Education Plan, other key guiding documents (e.g. annual CBE budget, Student System Accommodation Plan), Dialogue Framework, Partnership Strategy, CBE policies, operational expectations, administrative regulations, collective agreements, and legislation.
Identify emerging issues and organizational risks and develop the strategies to respond.
Balance a demanding workload while adjusting to shifting priorities, urgent issues and unforeseen events.
Develop, implement and evaluate strategies, plans and tactics, while strictly adhering to organizational protocols, deadlines and budget.

Design and deliver professional development and collaborative learning opportunities for system leaders in a variety of areas such as key message development, media training, community engagement, social media protocols, website best practices.
Support school-based leaders and other internal clients on communication, engagement and partnership initiatives.
Represent the department on short and long-term internal committees.
Provide support and advice regarding government relations, strategic advocacy and event management.
Collaborate with members of the department and other service units to provide strategic support and planning for identified priorities.

Contribute to continuous improvement related to communication, engagement, partnerships or other department and system priorities.
Plan and execute high profile system, joint government and/or partnership events.
Identify and act on opportunities to continually improve.
Maintain the confidentiality of information and adhere to policy and regulatory/ legislative requirements (including the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act).

Major responsibilities

Advisors plan, lead and support initiatives from inception through to execution and evaluation. Depending on the area of focus, these responsibilities can include but are not limited to:

Communication

Write briefing notes, communication plans, speaking notes and key messages for senior leadership and trustees.

Develop publications, web content, news releases, presentations and videos.
Develop communication best practices and build the capacity of senior leaders within the organization to deliver effective communication.
Work directly with the news media, including but not limited to; negotiating interviews; developing key messages and writing responses to inquiries; serving as a spokesperson; and, preparing other members of the organization to be effective spokespeople.
Create and implement employee-focused communication plans and content to support a culture of engaged employees.
Monitor news media, social media, formal research and other channels to identify emerging issues.

Manage the CBE after-hours emergency and media phone and email line and respond immediately to emergent issues, in consultation with senior leaders.
Develop crisis communication strategies and provide support for issues as they arise.
Liaise with senior government staff, the Board of Trustees and school leaders to coordinate mutually beneficial and highly public visits from elected government officials.
Support school leaders and staff with emergent issues and unforeseen events.
Advise on and execute communication related to labour relations and/or labour action.

Support the Board of Trustees with speech writing, key message development, media relations, government relations, strategic advocacy and special event management.

Engagement

Provide strategic advice and counsel to senior leadership and internal clients to develop and execute engagement strategies that deliver on CBE’s overall objectives.
Lead and manage large engagement projects (from engagement plan development/strategic planning through to execution and evaluation) that are broad in scope and range from short-term to multi-year.

Facilitate effective in-person and online engagement opportunities.
Capture engagement lessons learned to ensure continuous improvement of CBE community engagement practices, both within and outside the department.
Report on engagement results to contribute to CBE strategic and operational planning.
Design and deliver community engagement professional development and collaborative learning opportunities for system leaders.
Respond to emerging issues with engagement support and advice.

Guide and exemplify community engagement best practices as identified in the Dialogue Framework and Toolkit, and work to make adjustments and improvements on an ongoing basis.
Build and strengthen collaborative relationships with CBE leadership (including the Board of Trustees), internal clients and stakeholders.

Corporate Partnerships

Work with senior leaders, principals and other internal stakeholders on partner relations to build and strengthen collaborative relationships with existing corporate partners.

Build and maintain relationships with partners, review partnership outcomes and identify opportunities. Assess new potential partners for alignment with CBE strategic plans, system priorities and objectives.
Negotiate new or renew partnership agreements in consultation with Legal Services and senior leaders.
Provide leadership, support or advice on ending partnerships.
Provide advice and guidance to senior leaders and schools regarding partnership risks and opportunities.
Use various communication channels to leverage these partnerships with staff, students, parents and community.

Execute the partnerships strategic plan and look for ways to continuously improve the partnership process (intake process, database management, relationship management and key measurements).
Handling specific projects, which may include, but are not limited to responding to and engaging with prospective partners, organizing events to celebrate and acknowledge partners and report on the impact of partnerships.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

All advisors:

University degree in a communication, public relations, journalism, business administration or a related field.
Five to seven years of experience in equivalent positions, including progressively relevant experience in communication, media relations, community engagement/public participation, donor relations, partnerships, community relations or a related field.
Experience with a high-profile public sector, not-for-profit or other organizations of significant size, complexity and diversity.

Success in building and maintaining collaborative relationships with senior leaders, corporate and community partners, government agencies and internal and external stakeholders.
Success leading project teams to achieve positive outcomes for the organization.
Experience in issues management, risk management and/or crisis communication.
Experience analyzing and reviewing input and synthesizing materials in a clear and meaningful way.
Completion of the IAP2 Foundations and Techniques courses may be required

Equivalent combinations of related education and experience may be considered.
Experience in the following areas would be an asset: working with the news media, facilitation training, managing community engagements
Facilitation training and experience would be an asset.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies

Creative and disciplined problem solving.

Excellent time management skills and the ability to adapt to sudden changes in priorities.
Experience in project management and/or client consultation
Exceptional interpersonal communication skills and the ability to build relationships and trust with staff and clients at all levels of the organization.
Excellent written communication skills for various channels and audiences.
Ability to decipher complex information and tailor messages to a variety of audiences internally and externally and through numerous channels.

High integrity for the quality of work and how it is done.
Flexibility to work outside of regular business hours when required.
Constant professionalism in a highly visible, publicly-scrutinized organization.
A Class 5 Driver’s License and possession of a vehicle is highly recommended, as this position requires the ability to travel to locations outside of the primary work location.

Conditions of Employment

Police Information Clearance: Applicants new to the Calgary Board of Education WHO ARE OFFERED EMPLOYMENT must complete and pass a police information clearance before employment is confirmed.

Be Part of Our Success

Are you looking for an opportunity to join a team where your contribution makes a positive impact on the lives and learning of more than 140,000 CBE students? The Calgary Board of Education is looking for exceptional professionals to join our team. Our employees are highly valued and recognized, a career with the CBE offers incredible opportunities, rewards and supports.

We thank all candidates for their interest in this position however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Land Acknowledgement

The Calgary Board of Education acknowledges the traditional territories and oral practices of the Treaty 7 Nations, including the Siksikaitsitapi Nations, Tsuut'ina Nation, and the Îyârhe Nakoda Nations. We acknowledge the Métis Nation within Alberta, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of southern Alberta. As a learning organization, we are committed to advancing the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action focused on Education for ReconciliACTION.

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